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VIA WJLA:

President Barack Obama is joining the lineup for the Kennedy Center’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration.

The White House says Obama will speak during the first part of the show Monday. He’ll then join his family in the presidential box for his first King holiday as president.

Singer India.Arie will perform, along with Georgetown University’s Let Freedom Ring Choir.

Tickets for the 6 p.m. event are free. They will be handed out two per person beginning at 10 a.m. Monday at the Kennedy Center’s Concert Hall.

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